Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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Ice hockey at the
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Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics will be determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top nine teams in the world ranking will receive automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams will have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics. As with Canada in 2010, the IIHF made no mention of direct qualification for the host.[1]

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2012 IIHF World Ranking,
comprising the following events:
2009 World Championship
2010 Winter Olympic Games
2010 World Championship
2011 World Championship
2012 World Championship 		6 April 2009 –
20 May 2012 		Finland Helsinki and
Sweden Stockholm^ 		9  Sweden
 Russia
 Finland
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 United States
 Norway
 Slovakia
  Switzerland
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Germany 1
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Latvia 1
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Denmark 1
TOTAL 12

^Helsinki and Stockholm are site for 2012 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Direct Qualification

To qualify directly, a nation must be ranked in the top nine following the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[2] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the current year receives full value, and each preceding year is worth 25% less.[3] The following is a ranking based on points already accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries at the top level, or who are ranked amongst them. Actual world ranking may differ until after the 2012 tournament.

     Qualified to Olympic Tournament
     Will host final qualifying tournament
     Cannot qualify directly to Olympics
World ranking
 Team WC 2012
(100%) 		WC 2011
(75%) 		WC 2010
(50%) 		OLY 2010
(50%) 		WC 2009
(25%) 		Total
1  Russia 1060 825 580 520 300 3285
2  Sweden 1020 870 560 530 280 3260
3  Finland 1000 900 520 560 265 3245
4  Canada 1040 795 510 600 290 3235
5  Czech Republic 1000 840 600 510 260 3210
6  United States 1000 750 440 580 275 3045
7  Norway 1000 780 480 470 230 2960
8  Slovakia 1000 705 450 550 235 2940
9   Switzerland 920 720 530 500 240 2910
10  Germany 900 765 550 460 210 2885
11  Latvia 940 660 460 450 255 2765
12  Denmark 880 690 500 420 220 2710
13  Belarus 860 645 470 480 250 2705
14  France 960 675 430 370 225 2660
15  Austria 780 630 400 440 215 2465
16  Italy 840 585 420 400 195 2440
17  Kazakhstan 820 600 410 410 200 2440
  • Numbers in italics indicates the minimum value a nation will achieve and may increase as the 2012 tournament progresses

Points available in 2012

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Points in 2012 1200 1160 1120 1100 1060 1040 1020 1000 960 940 920 900 880 860 840 820

Olympic pre-qualification tournaments

Three round robins will be played from 8–11 November 2012. The hosts will be the nations ranked 19th, 20th and 21st following the 2012 World Championship.[4] The winners of each group will advance to the final qualification tournaments.

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Spain or qualifier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 South Korea or qualifier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Nations ranked outside the top 27 participants wishing to qualify may have to play in an additional round to fill the final three spots in this round.[5] At this time 33 nations have registered, in 2010 the bottom four nations played off for the 30th spot. If the same procedure is used,  Croatia,  Serbia,  Mexico, and  Israel, would have to participate in a preliminary round. However, if a different format is used,  South Korea (28th) and  Spain (29th) may have to qualify for this round as well.
  • If a nation declines to participate the nations ranked below move up a spot to fill the vacancy. For example, in 2010 when China (28th) did not participate, both Great Briain (29th) and Serbia (30th) moved up one position.

Final qualification tournaments

Three round robins will be played from 7–10 February 2013. The hosts will be Nations ranked 10th, 11th and 12th following the 2012 World Championship. The three group winners will qualify for the Olympic tournament.

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Q3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group E

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Q2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group F

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Q1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ IIHF Olympics press release
  2. ^ IIHF Olympics press release
  3. ^ Official explanation of ranking procedures
  4. ^ Qualification process
  5. ^ Qualification summary

External links

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